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           U L T I M A T E   H A P P E N I N G S           
               Issue 285 - October 23, 2003                 

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      OCUA - The largest ultimate league in the world!
            (328 teams and 3800 members in 2002)

                    http://www.ocua.ca/

"Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'." 
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) 

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CONTENTS:

- OCUA Election Results
- Wednesday Competitive Indoor Registration Information
- Ultimate Parks Inc. Annual General Meeting
- 6th Annual Ottawa Plaid Jacket Open
- OCUA Volunteer Opportunities
- Volunteer Skiers Needed
- Calendar Of Events

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OCUA ELECTION RESULTS

Here are the Official OCUA Elections Results

Total   164 votes

Ken Lange       141     86.0%
Jen Wilkie      135     82.3%
Sam Armstrong   103     62.8%
Mike Harley      96     58.5%
Cory Bowditch    70     42.7%
Lee Donovan      69     42.1%
Luc Langelier    18     11.0%

The top 4 Candidates win a 2 year directorship, and, 
exceptionally this year, the 5th place candidate will be 
awarded a 1 yr term as UPI Director.

Voter breakdown by division is available on the OCUA 
website.

Again, congratulations to ALL candidates.

Thanks,
Stephan Suys
Elections Officer

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WEDNESDAY COMPETITIVE INDOOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION

This division is intended as a venue for competitive and 
aspiring competitive players to develop their skills and 
knowledge of the game.  Players will be selected from among 
the applicants by committee.  Those who are selected into 
the Competitive division are ineligible for the Tuesday 
Advanced division.

When:     Wednesday evenings from 7:00pm to 12:00am, 
          4 70-minute games each evening
Where:    Lansdowne Dome
Season:   TBD
Cost:     $235 / player


Registration Information:

To register send an email to compindoor@ocua.ca

Your email should include the following information:
- Name
- Contact information (phone number and email address)
- Competitive team(s) played for
- A SHORT paragraph describing what sort of player you are
- One or two references

Registration emails must be received before noon, Monday 
October 27th.

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ULTIMATE PARKS INC. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

When: Nov 4, 2003 @ 7:00 pm

Where: 1946 Manotick Station Road, The Lange Residence

Agenda:

Financials
BOD Elections
Share Buy-Back

To apply for a hard-ship share buy back please contact Nick 
Roberts, gm@ocua.ca. A certain percentage of the share buy 
back has been set aside for this purpose. If they are not 
used for this they will be drawn from the general list.

As a multiple share holder, to opt for guaranteed percentage 
buy back please contact Nick Roberts, gm@ocua.ca. Multiple 
share holders have the option of having a guaranteed 
percentage of their shares bought back (based on number 
owned and overall numbers to be bought back). If you opt for 
this, you will not participate in the general drawing.

Don't want to bother? Donate your share to OCUA. For the 
appropriate forms, contact Nick Roberts, gm@ocua.ca.

Any questions on the above, please refer to the UPI share 
buy back procedure documents. 

http://www.ocua.ca/UP-Inc/share-buyback.txt 

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6TH ANNUAL OTTAWA PLAID JACKET OPEN

Sunday, October 26th
http://www.geocities.com/ottawadiscgolf/plaid-03.html

Registration opens at 9:30am
Registration closes at 10:30am

Free disc with registration
Putting contest between rounds
Lots of Closest to the Pin contests during rounds

For more info contact Steve Seabrook at 
stephen.seabrook@sympatico.ca

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OCUA VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

OCUA is run by volunteers. Without the time put in by many
people, this league wouldn't exist. A couple hours of your
time, could make a huge difference. The following is a list
of current volunteer openings. Please refer to
http://www.ocua.ca/ocua/volunteer.html for details about
volunteer openings.

Current Volunteer Opportunities:

- Field Cell Volunteers
- Media Watchers

Please email volunteer@ocua.ca if you have any questions, or
if you are interested in helping out.

Thanks,
Julie Thompson
OCUA Volunteer Coordinator

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VOLUNTEER SKIERS NEEDED

We are looking for volunteers to be ski partners for 
disabled skiers taking an 8 week ski program at Edelweiss 
Valley.

You will be provided with:
- Training clinic
- Ski improvement sessions
- Lift tickets

Your assistance is required on either Saturdays or Sundays 
(9:30 am until 3 pm) from January 3rd until February 22nd. 
You should be able to commit to at least 6 of these days. 
You should be an intermediate skier or better with your own 
equipment and speak either official language.

Learn more about us at:  WWW.CADS-NCD.CA

Bruce Abdalla (819) 459-3857
email: edelweiss@ca.inter.net

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Oct. 26     : Ottawa Plaid Jacket Open DG Tourney (JCPark)

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